Simple verse list for DAN 2:31

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OET (OET-RV) “What you were looking at, your majesty, was an incredible, huge statue. It was heavy and shone brightly as it stood there in front of you—a terrifying sight.

OET-LV You[fn][fn] Oh/the_king seeing you _were and_lo an _image one great the_image this was_great and_splendour _of_its was_extraordinary was_standing (to)_before_you and_appearance _of_its was_terrible.

ULT You, O King, were looking, and behold, a huge statue. This statue, was great, and its splendor, was exceeding. It stood before you, and its appearance was terrifying.

UST Your Majesty, in your dream you saw a giant statue standing in front of you. It was very impressive, and it was shining very brightly. It was frightening to look at it.

BSB & MSB As you, O king, were watching, a great statue[fn] appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form [was] awesome.

OEB Mapped passage is not available in this edition.

WEBBE & WMBB “You, O king, saw, and behold,[fn] a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.

NET “You, O king, were watching as a great statue – one of impressive size and extraordinary brightness – was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm.

LSV You, O king, were looking, and behold, a certain great image. This image [is] mighty, and its brightness excellent; it is standing before you, and its appearance [is] terrible.

FBV Your Majesty, as you looked, there before you stood a great statue. The statue standing in front of you was huge, and blazingly bright. It looked terrifying!

T4T O King, in your vision you saw in front of you a huge and terrifying statue of a man. It was shining very brightly, and it was frightening and awesome.

LEB “You, O king, were looking and, look, there was one great statue. This statue was huge and its brilliance extraordinary, standing there before you, and its appearance was frightening.[fn]

BBE You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart.

Moff You looked, O king, and there stood a mighty image! This image, huge and gleaming, stood before you, terrible to behold.

JPS Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was surpassing, stood before thee; and the appearance thereof was terrible.

ASV Thou, O king, sawest, and, behold, a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.

DRA Verse alignment unavailable (ambiguous).

YLT 'Thou, O king, wast looking, and lo, a certain great image. This image [is] mighty, and its brightness excellent; it is standing over-against thee, and its appearance [is] terrible.

Drby Thou, O king, sawest, and behold, a great image. This image was mighty and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its appearance was terrible.

RV Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the aspect thereof was terrible.
(Thou, Oh king, sawest/saw, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee/you; and the aspect thereof was terrible.)

SLT Thou, O king, wert seeing, and behold, one great image. This image vast, and its brightness excellent; it stood before thee, and its aspect terrible.

Wbstr Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and its form was terrible.

KJB-1769 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.[fn]
(¶ Thou, Oh king, sawest/saw, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee/you; and the form thereof was terrible.)

KJB-1611 ¶ Thou, O King, [fn]sawest, and behold a great image: this great image whose brightnesse was excelleut, stood before thee, and the forme thereof was terrible.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Thou king sawest, and beholde, there was a great image: this great image whose brightnesse was excellent, stoode before thee, and the fourme therof was terrible.
(Thou/You king sawest/saw, and behold, there was a great image: this great image whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee/you, and the form thereof was terrible.)

Gnva O King, thou sawest, and beholde, there was a great image: this great image whose glory was so excellent, stood before thee, and the forme thereof was terrible.
(Oh King, thou/you sawest/saw, and behold, there was a great image: this great image whose glory was so excellent, stood before thee/you, and the form thereof was terrible.)

Cvdl Thou kynge sawest, and beholde: there stode before the a greate ymage, whose fygure was maruelous greate, and his vysage grymme.
(Thou/You king sawest/saw, and behold: there stood before the a great image, whose figure was marvellous great, and his visage grim.)

Wycl Verse alignment unavailable (ambiguous).

Luth Du, König, sahst, und siehe, ein sehr groß und hoch Bild stund vor dir, das war schrecklich anzusehen.
(You(sg), king, saw(v), and see/look, a very large and high image/picture stood before/in_front_of you/to_you(sg), the what/which terrible to_view.)

ClVg Verse alignment unavailable (ambiguous).

UHB אַ֣נְתְּה מַלְכָּ֗⁠א חָזֵ֤ה הֲוַ֨יְתָ֙ וַ⁠אֲל֨וּ צְלֵ֥ם חַד֙ שַׂגִּ֔יא צַלְמָ֨⁠א דִּכֵּ֥ן רַ֛ב וְ⁠זִיוֵ֥⁠הּ יַתִּ֖יר קָאֵ֣ם לְ⁠קָבְלָ֑⁠ךְ וְ⁠רֵוֵ֖⁠הּ דְּחִֽיל׃ ‡

BrLXX (DNG 2:31) Σὺ βασιλεῦ ἐθεώρεις, καὶ ἰδοὺ εἰκὼν μία, μεγάλη ἡ εἰκὼν ἐκείνη, καὶ ἡ πρόσοψις αὐτῆς ὑπερφερὴς, ἑστῶσα πρὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῆς φοβερά.

BrTr (DNG 2:31) Thou, O king, sawest, and behold an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before thy face; and the form of it was terrible.